[Tex/LaTex] Longtable – How to use it within a table environment

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I have the following latex code. My issue is that the table below does not fit the page. I would like to break the table on the "Panel C" row but I couldn't figure out how to do it while keeping the title and caption.

I tried the longtable package with no success.

\documentclass[12pt,a4paper]{article}
    \usepackage{geometry}
    \usepackage[font=small,labelfont=bf,margin=\parindent,tableposition=top]{caption}
    \usepackage{longtable}
 \geometry{
 a4paper,
 total={210mm,297mm},
 left=20mm,
 right=20mm,
 top=23mm,
 bottom=30mm,
 }
\begin{document}
\begin{table}[!htbp]                            
      \centering                            
      \caption{Title ...}
      \caption*{Some description here } 
      \begin{tabular}{llcccc}
    \hline
    \multicolumn{6}{c}{Panel A:}                                                                                        \\ \hline
          &  & Dummy                     &                      & Dummy                     & Dummy                     \\ \cline{3-3} \cline{5-6} 
    Dummy &  & 1                         &                      & 1                         & 1                         \\
    Dummy &  & 1                         &                      & 1                         & 1                         \\
    Dummy &  & 1                         &                      & 1                         & 1                         \\
    Dummy &  & 1                         &                      & 1                         & 1                         \\
    Dummy &  & 1                         &                      & 1                         & 1                         \\
    Dummy &  & 1                         &                      & 1                         & 1                         \\
    Dummy &  & 1                         &                      & 1                         & 1                         \\
    Dummy &  & 1                         &                      & 1                         & 1                         \\
    Dummy &  & 1                         &                      & 1                         & 1                         \\
    Dummy &  & 1                         &                      & 1                         & 1                         \\
    Dummy &  & 1                         &                      & 1                         & 1                         \\ \hline
    \multicolumn{6}{c}{Panel B}                                                                                         \\ \hline
          &  & \multicolumn{1}{l}{Dummy} & \multicolumn{1}{l}{} & \multicolumn{1}{l}{Dummy} & \multicolumn{1}{l}{Dummy} \\ \cline{3-3} \cline{5-6} 
    Dummy &  & 1                         &                      & 1                         & 1                         \\
    Dummy &  & 1                         &                      & 1                         & 1                         \\
    Dummy &  & 1                         &                      & 1                         & 1                         \\
    Dummy &  & 1                         &                      & 1                         & 1                         \\
    Dummy &  & 1                         &                      & 1                         & 1                         \\
    Dummy &  & 1                         &                      & 1                         & 1                         \\
    Dummy &  & 1                         &                      & 1                         & 1                         \\
    Dummy &  & 1                         &                      & 1                         & 1                         \\
    Dummy &  & 1                         &                      & 1                         & 1                         \\
    Dummy &  & 1                         &                      & 1                         & 1                         \\
    Dummy &  & 1                         &                      & 1                         & 1                         \\ \hline
    \multicolumn{6}{c}{Panel C}                                                                                         \\ \hline
          &  & Dummy                     &                      & Dummy                     & Dummy                     \\ \cline{3-3} \cline{5-6} 
    Dummy &  & 1                         &                      & 1                         & 1                         \\
    Dummy &  & 1                         &                      & 1                         & 1                         \\
    Dummy &  & 1                         &                      & 1                         & 1                         \\
    Dummy &  & 1                         &                      & 1                         & 1                         \\
    Dummy &  & 1                         &                      & 1                         & 1                         \\
    Dummy &  & 1                         &                      & 1                         & 1                         \\
    Dummy &  & 1                         &                      & 1                         & 1                         \\
    Dummy &  & 1                         &                      & 1                         & 1                         \\
    Dummy &  & 1                         &                      & 1                         & 1                         \\
    Dummy &  & 1                         &                      & 1                         & 1                         \\
    Dummy &  & 1                         &                      & 1                         & 1                         \\ \hline
    \end{tabular}


    \end{table}%
\end{document}

Best Answer

Since longtable is meant for pagebreaking, a floating table feature is not really useful here.

longtable is basically used like tabular, with column descriptions, additionally it allows for \caption inside of the longtable environment.

Page breaks can be forced with an 'ordinary' \newpage or prevented with \nopagebreak or \\*

I've used \newpage right before the Panel C table.

Since there's no real table header, I've omitted \endfirsthead etc.

\documentclass[12pt,a4paper]{article}
\usepackage{geometry}
\usepackage[font=small,labelfont=bf,margin=\parindent,tableposition=top]{caption}
\usepackage{longtable}
 \geometry{
   a4paper,
   total={210mm,297mm},
   left=20mm,
   right=20mm,
   top=23mm,
   bottom=30mm,
 }

\begin{document}
\begin{longtable}{ll*{4}c}
  \caption{Title ...} \label{paneltable} \tabularnewline
  \caption*{Some description here} \tabularnewline
    \hline
    \multicolumn{6}{c}{Panel A:}                                                                                        \\ \hline
          &  & Dummy                     &                      & Dummy                     & Dummy                     \\ \cline{3-3} \cline{5-6} 
    Dummy &  & 1                         &                      & 1                         & 1                         \\
    Dummy &  & 1                         &                      & 1                         & 1                         \\
    Dummy &  & 1                         &                      & 1                         & 1                         \\
    Dummy &  & 1                         &                      & 1                         & 1                         \\
    Dummy &  & 1                         &                      & 1                         & 1                         \\
    Dummy &  & 1                         &                      & 1                         & 1                         \\
    Dummy &  & 1                         &                      & 1                         & 1                         \\
    Dummy &  & 1                         &                      & 1                         & 1                         \\
    Dummy &  & 1                         &                      & 1                         & 1                         \\
    Dummy &  & 1                         &                      & 1                         & 1                         \\
    Dummy &  & 1                         &                      & 1                         & 1                         \\ \hline
    \multicolumn{6}{c}{Panel B}                                                                                         \\ \hline
          &  & \multicolumn{1}{l}{Dummy} & \multicolumn{1}{l}{} & \multicolumn{1}{l}{Dummy} & \multicolumn{1}{l}{Dummy} \\ \cline{3-3} \cline{5-6} 
    Dummy &  & 1                         &                      & 1                         & 1                         \\
    Dummy &  & 1                         &                      & 1                         & 1                         \\
    Dummy &  & 1                         &                      & 1                         & 1                         \\
    Dummy &  & 1                         &                      & 1                         & 1                         \\
    Dummy &  & 1                         &                      & 1                         & 1                         \\
    Dummy &  & 1                         &                      & 1                         & 1                         \\
    Dummy &  & 1                         &                      & 1                         & 1                         \\
    Dummy &  & 1                         &                      & 1                         & 1                         \\
    Dummy &  & 1                         &                      & 1                         & 1                         \\
    Dummy &  & 1                         &                      & 1                         & 1                         \\
    Dummy &  & 1                         &                      & 1                         & 1                         \\    \hline
    \newpage
    \caption*{Table \ref{paneltable} continued} \tabularnewline
    \multicolumn{6}{c}{Panel C}                                                                                         \\ \hline
          &  & Dummy                     &                      & Dummy                     & Dummy                     \\ \cline{3-3} \cline{5-6} 
    Dummy &  & 1                         &                      & 1                         & 1                         \\
    Dummy &  & 1                         &                      & 1                         & 1                         \\
    Dummy &  & 1                         &                      & 1                         & 1                         \\
    Dummy &  & 1                         &                      & 1                         & 1                         \\
    Dummy &  & 1                         &                      & 1                         & 1                         \\
    Dummy &  & 1                         &                      & 1                         & 1                         \\
    Dummy &  & 1                         &                      & 1                         & 1                         \\
    Dummy &  & 1                         &                      & 1                         & 1                         \\
    Dummy &  & 1                         &                      & 1                         & 1                         \\
    Dummy &  & 1                         &                      & 1                         & 1                         \\
    Dummy &  & 1                         &                      & 1                         & 1                         \\ \hline

    \end{longtable}%
\end{document}

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[Tex/LaTex] Creating a table within a longtable

Just put the tabular into one of the cell, as said by David Carlisle: you can nest itemize or tabular inside a longtable cell in a p column.

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Code

\documentclass{article}%[border=10pt]{standalone}
\usepackage[left=0.5cm,right=0.5cm,top=0.5cm,bottom=0.5cm]{geometry}
\usepackage{multirow,lipsum,longtable,colortbl,xcolor}
\usepackage{dcolumn}%,tabularx,tabulary}%,threeparttable,longtable,tabu}
%
\setlength{\arrayrulewidth}{.3em}
\begin{document}
%
\begin{longtable}{%
|>{\columncolor{gray}}p{\dimexpr0.3\textwidth-2\tabcolsep-2\arrayrulewidth\relax}
|p{\dimexpr0.7\textwidth -2\tabcolsep-\arrayrulewidth\relax}|} \hline
\multicolumn{1}{|c|}{{\cellcolor{gray}} A column} &\multicolumn{1}{c|}{B column}\\ \hline
\lipsum[2] & \lipsum[3] \\
\lipsum[2] & 
{\setlength{\arrayrulewidth}{.1em}
\begin{tabular}{|m{0.3\textwidth}|m{0.3\textwidth}|}\hline
A & B \\ \hline
A & B \\ \hline
A & B \\ \hline
\end{tabular}} \\
\lipsum[2] & \lipsum[3] \\
\hline
\end{longtable}

\end{document}

[Tex/LaTex] tabu package – gaps in vertical lines

One way is to shift up the skip prior to the mid-height \tabucline with a \\[-1pt]. See below for 2nd approach.

%Dokumentclass
\documentclass[landscape]{letter}

%Packages
\usepackage[landscape]{geometry}
\usepackage[utf8]     {inputenc}
\usepackage           {multirow}
\usepackage           {tabu}

%Formatting
\pagestyle{empty} %Remove numbering

\begin{document}
  \begin{tabu}{ |[1pt] l | l l | l | l |[1pt] }
                                                                                                                 \tabucline[1 pt]{1-5}
    \multicolumn{2}{ |[1pt] l }{ } & \multicolumn{3}{ |[1pt] l |[1pt]}{ }                                     \\                       \hline
    &                              & \multicolumn{1}{ |[1pt] l |     }{ } & \multicolumn{2}{  l |[1pt] }{ }   \\                       \hline
 y   &                              & \multicolumn{1}{ |[1pt] l |     }{ } & \multicolumn{2}{  l |[1pt] }{ }   \\[-1pt]   \tabucline[1 pt]{3-5} 
\hline
 x   &                              & \multicolumn{1}{ |[1pt] l |     }{ } &                                 & \\                       \hline
    &                              & \multicolumn{1}{ |[1pt] l |     }{ } &                                 & \\                       \hline
    &                              & \multicolumn{1}{ |[1pt] l |     }{ } &                                 & \\                       \hline
    &                              & \multicolumn{1}{ |[1pt] l |     }{ } &                                 & \\ \tabucline[1 pt]{1-5}
  \end{tabu}
\end{document}

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Alternately, if you want the thin line to bisect the thick line, then the approach: \\[-1pt] \tabucline[1 pt]{3-5}\\[-12.5pt]\hline works.

%Dokumentclass
\documentclass[landscape]{letter}

%Packages
\usepackage[landscape]{geometry}
\usepackage[utf8]     {inputenc}
\usepackage           {multirow}
\usepackage           {tabu}

%Formatting
\pagestyle{empty} %Remove numbering

\begin{document}
  \begin{tabu}{ |[1pt] l | l l | l | l |[1pt] }
                                                                                                                 \tabucline[1 pt]{1-5}
    \multicolumn{2}{ |[1pt] l }{ } & \multicolumn{3}{ |[1pt] l |[1pt]}{ }                                     \\                       \hline
    &                              & \multicolumn{1}{ |[1pt] l |     }{ } & \multicolumn{2}{  l |[1pt] }{ }   \\                       \hline
 y   &                              & \multicolumn{1}{ |[1pt] l |     }{ } & \multicolumn{2}{  l |[1pt] }{ }   \\[-1pt]   \tabucline[1 pt]{3-5}\\[-12.5pt]
\hline
 x   &                              & \multicolumn{1}{ |[1pt] l |     }{ } &                                 & \\                       \hline
    &                              & \multicolumn{1}{ |[1pt] l |     }{ } &                                 & \\                       \hline
    &                              & \multicolumn{1}{ |[1pt] l |     }{ } &                                 & \\                       \hline
    &                              & \multicolumn{1}{ |[1pt] l |     }{ } &                                 & \\ \tabucline[1 pt]{1-5}
  \end{tabu}
\end{document}

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